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The military commander who has ruled Guinea since a coup four years ago has entered the presidential race ahead of next month's election, breaking an earlier promise to hand power to a civilian government. Gen Mamadi Doumbouya submitted…
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Five days after Hurricane Melissa slammed into western Jamaica with record-breaking force, thousands of residents are still waiting for help. Many communities remain cut off, with blocked roads, destroyed homes, no electricity, and…
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians. The U.S. government…
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A plane crash near Kenya's coast has killed 10 European tourists and a local pilot, officials have said. The aircraft was flying from the popular beach resort of Diani to an airstrip in the world-famous Maasai Mara game park when it went…
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Cameroon's 92-year-old president has won a controversial eighth term, in a fiercely disputed election. Paul Biya, who is the world's oldest head of state, won 53.7% of the vote, compared to the 35.2% of opposition leader Issa Tchiroma…
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Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris's Louvre museum, French media say. The Paris prosecutor's office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from…
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Every election season in Tanzania brings new fear for 42-year-old Mariam Staford, a woman living with albinism. While others celebrate with campaign songs and rallies, Mariam feels only terror. “The first thing that comes to me is fear.…
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South Korean police said they would seek an arrest warrant for a woman who set fire to her apartment building while trying to kill a cockroach with an improvised flamethrower, local media report. One of the woman's neighbours died after…
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made history by becoming the first ex-president of France to go to jail. He began serving a five-year prison sentence for allegedly conspiring to fund his 2007 election campaign with money…
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After serving 43 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam was finally free. New evidence had exonerated him earlier this month of the murder of his former roommate. But before he could reach his…
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